Question: How can the ANR be prevented?

Answer: One technique that prevents the Android system from concluding a code that has
been responsive for a long period of time is to create a child thread. Within the child thread,
most of the actual workings of the codes can be placed, so that the main thread runs with
minimal periods of unresponsive times.

Question: What data types are supported by AIDL?

Answer: AIDL has support for the following data types: -string, -charSequence, -List, -Map, -
all native Java data types like int, long, char and Boolean

Question: What is the importance of Android in the mobile market?

Answer: Developers can write and register apps that will specifically run under the Android
environment. This means that every mobile device that is Android enabled will be able to
support and run these apps. With the growing popularity of Android mobile devices,
developers can take advantage of this trend by creating and uploading their apps on the
Android Market for distribution to anyone who wants to download it.

Question: What is the importance of XML-based layouts?

Answer: The use of XML-based layouts provides a consistent and somewhat standard
means of setting GUI definition format. In common practice, layout details are placed in XML
files while other items are placed in source files.

Question: Describe Activities.

Answer: Activities are what you refer to as the window to a user interface. Just as you create
windows in order to display output or to ask for an input in the form of dialog boxes,
activities play the same role, though it may not always be in the form of a user interface.

Question: What is Orientation?

Answer: Orientation, which can be set using setOrientation(), dictates if the LinearLayout is
represented as a row or as a column. Values are set as either HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL.

Question: What Is the Google Android SDK?

Answer: The Google Android SDK is a toolset that developers need in order to write apps on
Android enabled devices. It contains a graphical interface that emulates an Android driven
handheld environment, allowing them to test and debug their codes.

Question: What is portable wi-fi hotspot?

Answer: Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot allows you to share your mobile internet connection to
other wireless device. For example, using your Android-powered phone as a Wi-Fi Hotspot,
you can use your laptop to connect to the Internet using that access point.